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VEA

GradeANew York Stock Exchange Arca

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Major Indexes · Vanguard · Inception 2007-07-20 · SEC filings

$71.53−1.19 (−1.63%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 72.71 to 71.53. Range 71.25 to 72.01. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$71.20$71.40$71.80$72.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.03%
Fund size
$323.8B
1Y return
+24.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.34%
Holdings
3873
Volume · 30D
10.5M sh
NAV per share
$72.65
52W range
low $58.82high $74.04

The ETF.net VEA Grade

A

82/ 100

Rank 1 of 22 in Developed International Core⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for VEA. Scores out of 100: Cost 90, Risk 46, Mission 100, Tradability 70, Holdings 85, Durability 92. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Risk (46). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 82 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    AScore 90
    Category rank5/22 · top 23%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 100
    Category rank14/19 · mid-pack

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 46
    Category rank17/22 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 70
    Category rank4/22 · top 18%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 85
    Category rank4/21 · top 19%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 92
    Category rank1/22 · top 5%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on VEA

ETF.net Research

AEverything developed outside the US in one line item: roughly 3,900 stocks across Canada, Europe and the Pacific, small caps included. Vanguard has run it since 2007 at three basis points.

Stated mandate

Seeks to track the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index through an indexing strategy investing substantially all assets in the index’s large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks across Canada, Europe, and the Pacific region.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Charges 0.03% a year against a 0.18% median for its peer group. Low cost is the whole point of index exposure, and this sits at the cheap end of it.
  2. 02The index reaches down to small caps and keeps Canada in, so you own about 3,900 companies across Canada, Europe and the Pacific, not just the mega-cap layer.personal.vanguard.com
  3. 03Tracks its FTSE benchmark closely and trades in heavy volume, which keeps the spread to get in or out slim, whether the order is small or institutional.
  4. 04Live since 2007 and one of the largest international stock funds on the market. Distributions come quarterly.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Developed markets only, and no US stocks. Emerging markets and the home market sit outside the mandate entirely.personal.vanguard.com
  2. 02The 0.03% fee is matched, not owned: SPDW and SCHF price the same and IDEV is a hair above. The separator here is index construction, not cost.
  3. 03Plain index exposure, no buffer or downside protection. Foreign markets and the small-cap sleeve can swing hard, and the fund holds the full ride.

VEA Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 7:08 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
3,873
Top-10 weight
13%
Largest holding
005930.KS2.6%

Sectors

  • Financials24.5%
  • Industrials17.6%
  • Technology15.8%
  • Materials8.0%
  • Health Care7.9%
  • Consumer Discr.7.3%
  • Cons. Staples5.4%
  • Energy4.9%
  • Communication3.4%
  • Utilities3.1%
  • Real Estate2.4%

Geography

  • Japan21.11%
  • Canada10.72%
  • United Kingdom10.61%
  • South Korea8.64%
  • Switzerland7.20%
  • Germany6.49%
  • France6.35%
  • Australia5.69%
  • Other countries (29)23.18%

Developed 89% · Emerging 11% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 261.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001005930.KSSamsung Electronics Co Ltd2.61%45,251,055$8.5B176
002000660.KSSK hynix Inc2.01%5,434,351$6.6B184
003ASML.ASASML Holding NV1.96%3,782,472$6.4B194
004—SLBBH11421.24%40,700,447$4.1B39
005HSBA.LHSBC Holdings PLC1.05%168,186,345$3.4B145
006ROP.SWRoche Holding AG0.92%6,894,575$3.0B196
007RY.TORoyal Bank of Canada0.86%13,711,504$2.8B92
008NOVN.SWNovartis AG0.85%18,285,757$2.8B183
009SHEL.LShell PLC0.77%55,017,272$2.5B159
010NESN.SWNestle SA0.75%25,226,876$2.5B162
0118306.TMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc0.74%106,618,578$2.4B155
012SIE.DESiemens AG0.73%7,191,385$2.4B152
013AZN.LAstraZeneca PLC0.72%14,700,624$2.4B164
014BHP.AXBHP Group Ltd0.72%49,850,249$2.3B151
015SAP.DESAP SE0.68%10,089,531$2.2B163

Showing 1–15 of 3906 holdings

VEA Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

VEA$12,445
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. VEA $12,445. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,286$11,065$12,844Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for VEA. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodVEA
Year to date+17.5%
1 month−0.7%
3 months+0.7%
1 year+24.5%
3 years+21.4%per year
5 years+10.4%per year
10 years+9.9%per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for VEA
YearReturn barVEA
2026 YTD+17.5%
2025+35.2%
2024+3.2%
2023+17.9%
2022−15.4%
2021+11.7%
2020+9.7%

VEA in the news

VEA Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
2.34%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.70Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.18 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 24, 2017 $0.15; Jun 21, 2017 $0.48; Sep 20, 2017 $0.18; Dec 21, 2017 $0.43; Mar 26, 2018 $0.16; Jun 22, 2018 $0.54; Sep 26, 2018 $0.16; Dec 24, 2018 $0.38; Mar 28, 2019 $0.18; Jun 17, 2019 $0.45; Sep 24, 2019 $0.28; Dec 23, 2019 $0.44; Mar 23, 2020 $0.13; Jun 22, 2020 $0.20; Sep 21, 2020 $0.22; Dec 21, 2020 $0.41; Mar 22, 2021 $0.23; Jun 21, 2021 $0.41; Sep 20, 2021 $0.20; Dec 20, 2021 $0.77; Mar 21, 2022 $0.08; Jun 21, 2022 $0.53; Sep 19, 2022 $0.12; Dec 19, 2022 $0.49; Mar 20, 2023 $0.16; Jun 20, 2023 $0.43; Sep 18, 2023 $0.31; Dec 18, 2023 $0.61; Mar 15, 2024 $0.29; Jun 21, 2024 $0.46; Sep 20, 2024 $0.14; Dec 20, 2024 $0.71; Mar 21, 2025 $0.24; Jun 20, 2025 $0.44; Sep 19, 2025 $0.29; Dec 19, 2025 $1.04; Mar 20, 2026 $0.11; Jun 18, 2026 $0.38; Sep 18, 2026 $0.18. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 18, 2026Sep 22, 2026$0.18
Jun 18, 2026Jun 23, 2026$0.38
Mar 20, 2026Mar 24, 2026$0.11
Dec 19, 2025Dec 23, 2025$1.04
Sep 19, 2025Sep 23, 2025$0.29
Jun 20, 2025Jun 24, 2025$0.44
Mar 21, 2025Mar 25, 2025$0.24
Dec 20, 2024Dec 24, 2024$0.71
Sep 20, 2024Sep 24, 2024$0.14
Jun 21, 2024Jun 25, 2024$0.46
Mar 15, 2024Mar 20, 2024$0.29
Dec 18, 2023Dec 21, 2023$0.61

VEA Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.15
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−29.4%
Trough Sep 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.97
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

VEA Cost

Expense ratio0.03%
  • The middle half of Developed International Core funds
  • Median 0.09%

No Developed International Core fund charges less.

VEA costs $3.00 a year on $10,000. The median Developed International Core fund costs $9.00.